Grow your own footlong chillies with our grow bucket footlong chilli, ideal for a sunny patio or growing in a conservatory or greenhouse. Growing instructions, Place coir block into a large waterproof container and add water. Allow coir to absorb the water for an hour, and then mix the prepared moist coir with the soil before planting. Fill the planter with a moist growing medium mixture and add the slow release fertilise. Open the sachet of seeds and evenly sow 2-3 seeds over the moist soil. Gently press the seeds into the soil to ensure good contact, approximately 5-8mm deep. Grow on in a warm environment. The planter can be transferred outdoors in a shelter from late May. Once the plant has produced at least six fruiting branches, pinch out the top of the main stem and pinch out side-shoots where necessary. Pepper can be harvested green or red. The chillies can reach up to 25cm in length. Anaheim chillies are relatively mild on the Scoville heat scale – up to 5,000 SHU. Large, mild peppers are perfect for stuffing and baking in the oven with sweet-spicy flavours. Galvanised zinc bucket planter contains soil and coir growing medium, a sachet of seeds and plant food. Sow indoors from February to April, harvest from July to October.